Category: Care home news
PEN PAL PROJECT CONNECTS CARE HOMES THOUSANDS OF MILES APART
Residents at a Scottish care home have been putting pen to paper to connect with new pals in the USA, sharing stories of past memories and experiences of the pandemic. Edinburgh care home Cramond...GOVERNMENT URGED TO CONFIRM FUNDING TO SUPPORT CARE HOME VISITING
The return of visiting in care homes this week is a welcome step but more funding is required to support care homes, the Chief Executive of the National Care Forum has said. Vic Rayner, Chief...CQC URGED TO INCLUDE INFECTION CONTROL IN INSPECTION CRITERIA
Hugo Spalding, Managing Director of Gather Care, has written to the chief executive of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) asking him to use the experiences of the coronavirus pandemic to update its...CARE HOME PROVIDERS LAUNCH COVID-19 “EMERGENCE PLANâ€
Sunrise Senior Living UK and Gracewell Healthcare have launched an “Emergence Plan” to guide the care home providers through the easing of social distancing measures over the coming...EMOTIONAL SCENES AS INDOOR CARE HOME VISITS RESUME
Residents at Royal Star & Garter care homes have held hands with loved ones for the first time in nearly a year. It marked residents’ first physical contact with relatives since the...ROYAL ALFRED CHAMPIONS DIVERSITY ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
Maritime charity The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society and its care home, Belvedere House, is proudly recognising the contribution of its team this International Women’s Day, by marking...CARE HOME MARKET REVENUES HIT BY COVID-19 PANDEMIC
The care home market has taken a short-term hit as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, new research from AMA Research has revealed. The care home industry was hugely affected by the COVID-19...HEROES WEAR CAPES AT YORK CARE HOME
Management at Handley House care home in York created a fun superhero-themed day to thank their staff for all of their ‘super’ work during the course of the coronavirus pandemic. Home...LIVE MUSIC SESSIONS STREAMED TO CARE HOME RESIDENTS
The COVID-19 pandemic may have halted musicians entertaining the residents of Grange Care Home in Kilmarnock but, thanks to a music charity, residents are now enjoying live music virtually. ...RESIDENT’S 70-YEAR LOVE STORY BEGAN AT CARE HOME
A care home resident is now living in the very building where she first met her husband, 70 years ago. Staff at HC-One’s Thamesfield care home in Henley-on-Thames uncovered the romantic...
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